Golf bag



June 23, 1931. v E, BODEN ET AL 1,811,296

GOLF BAG Filed Nov. 23, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l ii 4} 14 i. ww/wlio o d 211E Baden- )FLT! Or)" June 23, 1931. J. E. BODEN ET AL 1,811,296

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I 1 mica/W430 Patented June 23, 1931 UN ED :sTATEs [PATENT OFFICE JAMES .EIBODE'NgAND ROY T. ORR, OF LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNORS T0 SILUNT- ZKAD I conroanrronor LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, A conronerron OF WISCONSIN feoLF BAG Application filed November 23, 1929. Serial No. 409,283.

. I I, The; object Iof ourinvention-is to provide 7 simpleand inexpensive means whereby a golf abag; maybe supported in an upright position so that the golf playenmay selectja desired gyclub'. without inconvenience ,andthe services of a caddy will be rendered unnecessary. Golfzbags as 'nowigenerally'made are not, capable' ofstandingupon their own bases and unless a player employs a caddy he must carry his bag from. tee to tee. Whilehe is making a shot, the bag is dropped to the ground and in taking up the bag he frequently loses sight of the ball so that ball is lost or considerable time is spent in locating the ball. The present invention provides means whereby a bag will stand'upright upon its own base and the mentioned. disadvantages and inconveniences are overcome. The invention is illustrated in the In the drawings: 7 V

bag equipped with our invention,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged diametrical section of the bag-supporting means,

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View,

Fig. 4 is a diametrical section showing a slight modification,

Fig. 5 is an elevation of another form of the invention, f Fig. 6 is a bottom Fig. 7 is a detail section.

The golf bag 1 may beconstructed .01 any approved material and is reinforced at its lower end by a band 2 of metal or heavy leather in the usual manner. Accordingto the present invention, there is provided an auxiliary base or cup 8 of metalwhich is of proper, diameter to fit closely around the reinforcing base or band 2 of the bag and extend across the bottomof the same so as to firmly support it when the bag is set on the auxiliary base or cup and preferably formed integral therewith are spurs or teeth 6 which are adapted to enter the ground and embed themselves therein and thereby firmly supj tiontoeachzspur is ashoe-or guard l9.wh 1ch "is carriedby theouter free end of a leaf spring .100

port the bag when it is not being carried' A guard or cover 7 is provided around the lower accompanying drawings and will be herein-f after fully set forth.

ground. Depending from the bottom 5 of the portion of the cup or auxiliary base so as to housethe spurs-6 and thereby prevent the samepiercing and tearing the clothes of the carrier or possibly causing injury to the carrier by scratching or cutting t-he skin. This cover or guard isa cup-like structure provided atintervals in its side with vertical slots 9, and these slots accommodate studs or screws-1O which serve as guides and stops to preventtilting of the cover relative to the baseandalsoto prevent the cover dropping from the base inasmuch astheupper ends of .theslotswill gravitate. toward the guide studs the springwil lyield to pressure exerted upon the bottom 5tliroughthebag or throughthe clubs contained .therein so that the spurs: 6 willpassthroughtheslots 12 in thebott'om of the-guard and enterthe .viousmanner.

ground in -an; ob-

The structure just described .and illustrated -in.Figs..1,,2 and 3 is especially. adaptedfor applying the invention to bags already in use. .In applying the invention .to bags in the course'of manufacture, the .spurs -13 are ser cured directly-to the bottom of, the reinforcplan view thereof, and

ing band": 2, vas shown in Fig. .4, by welding,

riveting or otherwise intimately uniting the spurs t-othe band. The guard l lis constructed inall essentialv respectsv the same as the guard v7 first described and is. provided with. the vertical slots 15. engaging guide studs and stops .on the: base, of the-bag, asa will be understood.

An expansion spring 16 is. disposed within the guard so as to; project the same whenzthc shallow-cup 17 to the under sideof which,

at its margin, are secured spaced depending spursv .18 and arranged ,1n cooperating rela- 1 20, the several springs beingfirmly secured at their inner ends to the base. The shoes have convex bottoms whereby they may rest upon the ground without injuring the sod, and through each shoe extends an opening 21 to permit the adjacent spur to pass to and enter the ground, the shoes yielding to the pressure exerted thereon, as shown in Fig. 7. When ,the'bag is 1ifte d,the springs swing the shoes downward so that the points of the spurs cannot catch in and injure the clothing or the person of the user. The downward movement of the shoes is limited by chains or otherelements 22 which are'atta ched at their lower ends to the outer ends of the shoes and'at'their; upper ends' to thesame screws or rivets 23 which securelthe base to the bag.

" In all "forms of the invention, it will be noted'the structureis very simple'and inexpensive but efficient means isprovided where- L by the bag may stand uprightup'on its own 'jbaseand the player will not have his attention drawn from the ball nor will it be necessary for him to stoop in orderto lift the bag from the ground so that the location of the t ball may bej noted. and loss of'th ball, col} 7 sequently, avoided. r v is Having thus d scribed the invention, we

"claim: 7 c 1, Means for supporting a golf bag comprising a plurality of ground-penetrating elemeans for maintaining thegua'rd in '.pro-

merits, means forconnecting said elements to thebottom of a. golf bag, a guard arranged prising a plurality of ground-penetrating spurs on the bottom of the bag, leaf springs on the bottom of the bag, and guards'c'arried by. the free ends of the springs-to extend around the respective spurs and prevent contact with the points thereof; 7 r

- In testimony wherof f we aflix our signatures." f I JAMES E; BODEN. '[Lrs] ROY T. ORR. [L.'S.]

to house the groundspenetrating elements V when'it is in, projected position, yieldable jected' position, and means for limiting the, t "movementof the guard to projected position.

' "2.."Means forsupporting a golf bag com- 7 prising a plurality of ground-penetrating ele- "ments,-means for mounting'said elements upon the base of a golf bag, a cover for said I elements normally housing the same and adapted touncover the same when the bag a is deposited on the ground, an expansion spring housed within the cover between the same and the bottom of the, golf bag, and

.b means for limiting the downward movement A of thecover under the influence-of saidspri'ng.

3J'Means forisuppo rting a 'golfbag comprising a' plurality of ground-penetrating ele-- iments, means for mounting said elements upon the bottom ofa golfbag, a cover housing fpansion spring housed within the cover besaid elementsand'provided with slots through which said element smay' project, guide studs arranged abovethe lower ends of the groundpenetrating elements, the cover being provided with vertical slots in its'side through which said guideelementspass, and an ex tween the bottom the same and the bottom 7 j if of the golf bag.

tM a fo prising a plurality of ground-penetrating spurs on the bottomf'of the bag, guardsyieldsupporting a golf bag com- 

